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Food trucks from Baltimore and Washington will square off on Rash Field
Get ready to roll. Baltimore and Washington's fleets of food trucks are squaring off again. Some 40 trucks, 20 from each city, are expected to attend the second Taste of Two Cities event on June 1, which is relocating from the Westport waterfront to Rash...Tags: Wines, Music, Healthy Diet, Mount Airy, Festive Events
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Food trucks from Baltimore and Washington to square off on Rash Field
The Baltimore SunGet ready to roll. Baltimore and Washington’s fleets of food trucks are squaring off again. Some 40 trucks, 20 from each city, are expected to attend the second Taste of Two Cities event on June 1, which is relocating from Westport Waterfront to...Tags: Healthy Diet, Inner Harbor, Rash Field, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Rawlings-Blake victorious in United Way healthy cooking contest
Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz hosted a set of powerful peers for a healthy cooking competition at the Hunt Valley Wegmans Wednesday, but home field advantage wasn't enough to top his counterpart from Baltimore City. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-...
Tags: Healthy Diet, Kevin Kamenetz, Restaurants, Salads, Ken Ulman
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United Way launches Healthy Food Week campaign
The Baltimore SunIn its first 15 months, the United Way of Central Maryland's Access to Healthy Food Initiative distributed more than 3.4 million pounds of groceries to low-income individuals and families, the organization said. But because spring and summer are slow...Tags: Diets and Dieting, Baltimore County, Roland Park
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Nearly $3M in community impact grants awarded by United Way
The United Way of Central Maryland will provide nearly $3 million in community grants intended to provide financial stability to families, quality education to children and healthy alternatives to individuals, the organization said this week. In all, 71...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Healthy Diet, Harford County, American Red Cross, American Heart Association
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City to offer free breakfast, lunch to kids this summer
Children in poor Baltimore neighborhoods can get free meals this summer through an extension of the National School Lunch Program, city officials said Wednesday. Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake said the Summer Food Service Program, which is expected to...
Tags: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Baltimore Housing, Recipes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Volunteerism is the spirit behind United Way
Teamwork is the special sauce of success in any organization. Without it, there would have been no Super Bowl parade for the Ravens on Pratt Street and no renewed buzz about the Orioles' building on last season's remarkable progress. At a broader level,...
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United Way distributes 2.8 million pounds of food
The United Way of Central Maryland's Access to Healthy Food Initiative distributed more than 2.8 million pounds of groceries — enough to fill 56 tractor trailers — to low-income individuals and families, the organization announced Tuesday....
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Business, Diets and Dieting, Healthy Diet, Heart Disease
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Accidentally released text messages give peek at O'Malley discussions
The text messages were pinging to and from Gov. Martin O'Malley's BlackBerry. It was the latter part of October, and Election Day was just around the corner. He and top advisers traded messages that touched on three referendum questions, all approved by...
Tags: Lotteries, Steny Hoyer, Elections, University System of Maryland, Cordish Cos.
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Food giveaway benefits Head Start children, families
The families of nearly 400 children in Baltimore Head Start classes received boxes packed with healthy food items Thursday from Feed the Children and the United Way of Central Maryland. Another 400 boxes will be distributed to low-income families this...
Tags: Feed the Children, Diets and Dieting, Healthy Diet, Vincent de Paul, Head Start
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Harford Teacher of the Year finalists named
The top five finalists for the 2013 Harford County Teacher of the Year Award were announced by Harford County Public Schools Monday: Tara N. Buecker, Jarrettsville Elementary School physical education/health teacher; J. Laura Childs, Edgewood High...Tags: College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), University of Pennsylvania, University of Maryland, College Park, Harford County, Notre Dame of Maryland University
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Honoring National 2-1-1 Day
Monday was National 2-1-1 Day. 2-1-1 may be the best service you have never heard of. Last year, 2-1-1 Maryland, a statewide 24/7 information and referral service, answered more than 266,000 calls for help from individuals facing crises. And here in...
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